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ERIC Number: EJ235497
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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A Case History of Differential Grading: Do Teacher Education Majors Really Receive Higher Grades?
Kapel, David E.
Journal of Teacher Education, v31 n4 p43-47 Jul-Aug 1980
It is suggested that grades given by education professors are higher than grades which would be earned in other academic fields. Results of this study show that, at the institution being studied, education students (sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduates) had significantly higher GPAs than students in other disciplines had. (JN)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Higher Education, Schools of Education, Sex Differences, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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